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Paddle to June 21 Lancaster festival

Sentinel & Enterprise

Updated:
06/05/2014 06:32:27 AM EDT

LANCASTER -- The Lancaster Friends of the Nashua River will hold the fourth annual Lancaster River Festival on Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Culley's Field, 339 Seven Bridges Road, directly across the street from the Lancaster/Bolton Fairgrounds. Admission to the festival and parking are free.

The Nashua River has transformed over the last three decades from a polluted eyesore to a spectacular natural resource. To celebrate that transformation and to bring recreation to the river, the festival will feature canoe and kayak rides, with Still River Outfitters from Bolton providing the boats and supervision for three trips from Main Street to the festival field. Nashoba Paddler of Groton is providing canoes for a trip down the river and a cleanup of the Dead River section, and Mass Audubon is also offering a guided trip down the river.

Signup information will be online at lancasterfriendsofthenashua.org or by contacting any of those organizations. Those bringing their own kayaks or canoes are encouraged to ride on the river any time during the day independent of the guided tour schedule.

The festival will again feature a wide variety of family activities and include exhibitors from throughout the community.

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The Lancaster 4-H Club will have livestock on site, Mass Audubon will run educational programs, the Lancaster Fire Department will have an educational program and a fire hose for kids, and several nonprofit community organizations will have informational booths.

There will be food and drink supplied by the local Scout troop, and ice cream will be available from midday on. There will be three free bounce houses set up on site to maximize the family fun.

Lancaster Friends of the Nashua River mission is: to ensure that the Nashua River as it flows through the town of Lancaster is nurtured and valued as a community asset with wildlife and habitat protection, effective water-quality management, flood plain and greenway acquisition and is accessible for passive and active recreation for its citizens and visitors. Lancaster Friends of the Nashua River is a chapter of the Nashua River Watershed Association, a 501c3 nonprofit organization.

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